lacteus

Latin

Etymology

From lac (“milk”) +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlak.te.us/, [ˈɫak.te.ʊs]

Adjective

lacteus (feminine lactea, neuter lacteum); first/second declension

  1. Of or pertaining to milk; milky.
  2. (poetic) Full of milk.
  3. Milk-drinking, suckling.
  4. Milk-white.
  5. (figuratively) Pure.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative lacteus lactea lacteum lacteī lacteae lactea
genitive lacteī lacteae lacteī lacteōrum lacteārum lacteōrum
dative lacteō lacteō lacteīs
accusative lacteum lacteam lacteum lacteōs lacteās lactea
ablative lacteō lacteā lacteō lacteīs
vocative lactee lactea lacteum lacteī lacteae lactea

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • circulus lacteus

Descendants

References

  • lacteus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lacteus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lacteus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the milky way: orbis lacteus
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